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The FN MAG and M3 can use the DM1 belt and M13 links interchangeably.
The M60 and M240 cannot use the DM1 belt.
Why?
The DM1 puts the rounds farther apart and the feed pawls on the 60 and 240 don't doesn't move far enough.
You can put a MAG top-cover and feed tray onto an M240 to enable use of the DM1, though!
The MAG (and M240) need a different feed tray to use DM1 belts. A 240 tray can be modified to work.
Yes, it was important to know this answer because of Twilight:2000.
It still messes with me that game went from a plausible future to an alt-history while I lived through it.
Why did we do it that way since DM1 is presumably a NATO standard? On the second note, I am often disappointed when comparing the 21st century of the 1970s with the actual 21st century.
ReplyDeleteThe M13 is the NATO standard, actually. Germany made their gun meet NATO standards because it uses both links, FN made theirs so as to not limit customers.
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